Alaska Gazetteer
Point Walpole is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Walpole |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on W end of an island, in Stephens Passage at S entrance to Port Houghton, 2 mi. N of Fort Point and 71 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 after its discovery by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey on August 4, 1794, for George Walpole, Earl of Oxford, England (Wagner, 1937, p. 421). This name was published in 1848 as ""Mys Valpol,"" or ""Valpol Cape,"" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1396." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.3044433594 |
| Longitude: | -133.517227173 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Walpole: Point Walpole.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Point Walpole does not include property ownership information.
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